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I would like to thank the people of Costa Mesa who voted to re-elect me for four more years on the City Council. I am honored to serve the citizens of our great city.
As an elected councilwoman, I am reminded daily of the core mission of any city: to...

I don't buy that Wendy Leece — who practically bleeds red, white and blue elephants — is a traitor to the local Republican Party.
The Costa Mesa councilwoman got sideways with GOP leaders last month for allegedly breaking a promise to get...

The Newport Beach Lifeguard Management Assn. and city representatives have agreed to contract revisions that would increase the guards' contributions to their pension plans, city officials said.
The City Council plans to vote on the new contract...

Newport Beach
City negotiates pension change for guards
A new contract for the Newport Beach city lifeguards was approved by a unanimous City Council vote Tuesday night. Among the key provisions in the contract are a 3.5% increase in pension program...

Salome Hernandez doesn't use high-tech gear. There's no spandex in his closet. No clip-in shoes, no bottles that squirt straight lines of water into his mouth.
He's just got his 20-gear Trek road bike and a helmet. That, and the one thing just about...

Over the next two weeks, the city of Costa Mesa will be considering a series of actions in adoption of the coming year's budget that will impact everyone in this community.
I was encouraged to submit my thoughts on this important subject to the Daily...

Predominately by renegotiating pensions for its employees and offering them incentives for early retirement, the city of Newport Beach is on track to trim $10 million from its 2010-2011 fiscal year budget deficit.
The City Council will make final...

Newport Beach will have a new police chief soon.
City officials announced Monday that, after a nationwide search, they have picked Long Beach Police Commander Jay R. Johnson to lead the Newport force. The 23-year Long Beach veteran will take over from...

As we reach the halfway mark for 2010, I thought it would be a good time to stop and report to the residents of our city on our progress to make Newport Beach an even better place to live. At the beginning of the year, I promised that Newport would end...

Newport Beach's two police department unions have reached contractual deals with the city that could save it $225,000 over the next two years, pending City Council approval, officials announced Friday.
The agreements freeze police department salaries...

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it gets worse. So today's lesson is called "Expenses vs. Investments 101."
In a business, expenses tied to maintaining the viability of the enterprise are commonly referred to as "overhead." Overhead...

Editor's note: This corrects that the state put the Orange County Fairgrounds up for sale.
COSTA MESA — The Orange County Fair Board on Monday voted to introduce a profit-sharing agreement with Sacramento, as part of an eleventh-hour push to...